December 7, 2018

Introduction

This talk will cover some of the help features built into RStudio.

The autocomplete feature

Screenshot of autocompletion of a variable name

Autocomplete feature for functions

Screenshot of autocompletion of a function name

Help on functions within libraries

Screenshot of a failed search for help

Help tab to the rescue!

Screenshot of help tab

The help menu in RStudio

Screenshot of help menu choices

Help menu: R Help

Screenshot of R Help submenu

Help menu: RStudio docs

Screenshot of RStudio docs submenu

Help menu: RStudio Community Forum

Screenshot of RStudio Community Forum

Help menu: RStudio support

Screenshot of RStudio support web page

Help menu: Cheatsheets

Screenshot of major cheat sheet choices from the Help menu

Help menu: Keyboard shortcuts

Screenshot of keyboard shortcuts

Help menu: Markdown Quick Reference

Screenshot of Markdown Quick Reference in the Help tab

Help menu: Roxygen Quick Reference

Screenshot of Roxygen Quick Reference

Summary

RStudio offers a variety of help resources above and beyond what is available in R. These can be found in

  • The autocomplete feature for function names,

  • The Help tab

  • The Help menu